Turkish Electricity Transmission Company

Seven memorandums of understanding and seven declarations covering a wide range of issues were signed on Thursday between Greek and Turkish ministers in the framework of the 5th High Cooperation Council.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak met Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova in Sofia Wednesday.

Electricity blackouts were still ongoing in Istanbul on Jan. 2, as officials say Turkey's largest city and nearby provinces will continue to suffer from power outages on Jan. 3.

Turkey's electricity consumption surged sharply in November due to the country's move to ditch the winter time system, despite a slight slowdown in the economy and moderate weather conditions, a sector association said Dec. 21. 

The Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TE?A?) has opened a tender to renew its computer network with the aim of preventing any reoccurrence of the national blackout which occurred on March 30. 

Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z has reiterated his comments about taking the necessary precautions to avoid any power outages during voting for the June 7 general elections, a concern expressed by opposition parties after a major power outage left the country without power for eight hours during the local elections of March 31, 2014.

Following the major blackout that left the entire country in the dark, the general manager of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TE?A?) resigned. It is rumored Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z asked for his resignation; his own statement was in the style of "They wanted it and I also wanted it."  

The head of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TE?A?) has resigned following the massive electricity blackout which affected nearly the entire country, Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z said April 6.

Speaking a press conference, Y?ld?z said five main distribution lines became disabled during work on the lines.

Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z has said it is ?too early? to say the cause of the huge electricity blackout that left almost the whole of Turkey in darkness on March 31 was a cyber-attack, underlining that efforts are still ongoing to find its exact cause two days on.

A total of 114 companies have made bids to acquire shares in the company that will be founded to manage Turkey’s new energy bourse, the head of the country’s energy watchdog has announced.